The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
AGA KHAN IVThe Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
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Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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It is a world of increasing dissension and conflict in which a significant contribution is the failure of different ethnic, tribal, religious, or social groups to search for, and agree upon, a common space for harmonious co-existence.
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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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he two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples.
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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.
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Nor do these two involve any contradiction, provided man remembers that his own mind is itself the creation of God. Without this humility, no balance is possible. With it, there are no barriers.
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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
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There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one’s own greed.
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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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